Hinge-washer.



No. 838,976. PATENTED DEG.18, 1906 I. P. GBQRGHL HINGE WASHER; PPPPIqA'non nun 110K281 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JAMES F. GEORGE, OF'CHUNCHULA, ALABAMA. 1

HINGE-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906;

Application filed November 29, 1904-.- Serial No. 234.806.

To all .whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. GEORGE, a

- citizen of the United States of America, re-

at Chunchula, in the county of Mobile and tate of Alabama, have-inventednew and useful Improvements in Hinge-Washers, of Which the following isa specification.

Iy invention has relation to improvements in hinge-Washers; and itconsists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aWasher, illustratin one form of embodiment of the invention an thedevice in open position. Fig. 2 is 'a plan view of the device, showingthe sections thereof in closed position. Fig. 3 is a section taken onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, form of theembodiment of the invention. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the deviceillustrated in Fig. 4 and showing the sections in closed osition. Fig. 6is a section taken on the inc 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail view,

siding partlyin section, showing the device applied for use as atire-tightener.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, 1designates the washer, which is of substantially annular form andcomprisesapair' of sections 2 and 3, pivotally connected by means of atransverse pintle 4 and adapted for relative swinging moveinent from the0 en osition shown in Fig. 1 to the normal 0 osed position illustratedin Fig. 2, there being formed upon the free meeting ends of the sectionsengaging portions or heads 5, adapted for interengagement to maintainthe sections in closed position. These heads 5 havecorrespondinglybeveled inner faces 6, terminating at their inner ends inshoulders 7, there being in rear of each head a recess 8, shaped toconform to and constituting a seat for the head of the comp anionsection.

Provided on each of the sections 2 and 3 is a laterally=projectedpointed lug or spur 9, while the head of the pintle 4 is shaped toproduce a corresponding lug or spur 10, these spurs serving when thewasher is emillustrating another function of fixing loyed as atire-tightener, as illustrated in ig. 7, by embedding in the end of thespoke to retain the washer in position upon the latter..

In practice the device may when employed as a washer be readily seatedupon the valvestem of a faucet by disengaging the heads 5 and moving thesectionsto open position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, thus obviating theremoval of the taps from the valve-stem. The device having been seatedupon the stem is arranged in its normal closed position, as illustratedin Fig. 2, whereupon the heads 5 will interengage, thus locking thesections in closed position.

In the form of device illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6 the heads 5 are formedupon the free ends of the sections at right angles'tothe transverse axisof the latter and are perforated, as at 11,

these perforations being adapted when the sections are in closedposition to register with corresponding perforations 12 for thereception of screws or other fastenings, members 13, which constituteauxiliary means for securing the sections in locked position and servethe further the device in position upon a shaft when the device isemployed as a shaft-collar. In other respects the constructionandoperation are identical with that above described.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated the washer alp plied as a tire-tightenerand in which t e. Wheel-spoke 14 is partly withdrawn from engagementwith the felly 15 and the washer 2 applied around the spindle 16 betweenthe inner face of the, felly and adjacent end of the spoke. When soapplied, the spurs 9 and 10 become embedded 1n the ,material of thespoke, thus preventing escape of the washer from positionupon thelatter.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple inexpensivedevice which may be employed for a variety of purposes and one which inpractice will efficiently perform its functions to the attainment of theends in view, it being understood'that minor changes in the detailsherein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

9 saaem pin being also rovided with a sharpened a spur, substantia y asspecified. I 10 In testimony Whereof'I affiX my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

J AllIES F. GEORGE.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Ahinge-Washer comprising a air of fiatfaced semicircular sections, aplvot-pin for i 5 securing the sections together, means to permit offastening the free ends'of the sections Witnesses: togetherland singlesharpened spurs arranged LUTHER ROBERTS, on one face of each section andsaid pivot- J. S. ELERY!

